The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-08
NEW LAWS.
List of Bills Approved Since Our
Last Report.

NEW LAWS.
List of Bills Approved Since Our
Last Report
An act providing for the prevention and
punishment Of the making and dissemination
OF obscene literature authorizing county
commissioners to discharge prisoners with
out proceedings under the insolveni laws
bills, advertisements dc. fixing the conf
pensation Of county auditors at s. per day
and six cents per mile circular permitting
amendments to be made in proceedings be-
fore justices Of the peace.
An act to punish false preienses in obtain
ing registration of cattle and other animals,
and to punish giving false pedigrees to pro-
vide civil rights for all people, regardless of
race or color amending the act regulating
the admission of attorneys andeo,lnsellors at
law to practice IN the several courts Of this
commonwealth 10 enable managers of
worKhouscs to purchase additional land for
agricultural or other purposes TO give pref
erence OF appointment or employment 10
honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and
mariners who fought for the Union cause in
the late war authorizing the issuing Of ex-
ecution upon judgments for the purpose of
selling personal property of the debtor after
five years from the entry of such Judgment
without previous writ of scire .facias 10 re-
yive the same extending the authority and
jurisdiction of justices of the peace and the
provide for the care and preservation of the
monuments marking the boundary lines of |
this commonwealth relating 10 costs and !
the manner of computing mileage in certain !
eases a supplement TO an act providing for |
the selection of a site and the erection of a |
state hospital for injured persons of the an
thracite coal region in the counties of schuyl- /
kill, Carbon, Dauphin, Northumberland and /
Columbia. etc. providing for the payment \
of costs in criminal eases by the eproper coun-
ty providing for a night watchman for the
state library 10 extend the minimum school
term 20 six months authorizing the courts
of quarter sessions 10 make orders about the
payment of costs in road cases regarding
the mutilaton Of books, maps, stationery.
etc 10 regulate the employment OF labor. re
quiring two weeks notice of intended aban-
donment ofwork to begiveu the employer
who is also obliged to give a similar notice of
discharge; providing for the semi
monthly payment of w:ge-workcrs ; to re-
peal the Lenox road law in Surquehanna, be-
fore the legislature for fifty years repeating
the act increasing the pay of sherifis and Jail
ers OF Lebanon county repeating the act re-
lating to road bridges hereafter TO be con
strUcied ON the Juniata and Susquehanna
rivers enlarging the competency of wit
nesses rcpealing an act to authorize the
court of common pleas of Luzernc county to
appoint auditors in certain cases repeating
the section of the act 10 provide for the cree
ton of pounds, doing away with the old
fence requirement empowering cities to
take and hold donations of money, books,
real or personal property for the purpose OF
free libraries. and authorizing appropriations;
the binding Of any orphan to
any city 10 be made by mother, guardian or
next friend for the protection of German
carp in public lakes or streams amending
ihe game law 50 as TO prohibit the killing Of
quail OF Virginia partridge between Deceni-
Der 18th and October 18th, providing pen
atty of $40 for every violation of the act TO
prevent the adllteration of candy or confec-
ionery making the carrying on of the bus
ness of detectives without license nis,le-
authorizing the trustees, treasurer
,r other proper officers OF any church, con-
yregation, presbyiery, or other church organ
zation TO abandon burying grounds and sell
he same IN fee clear Of all restrictions ap-
,ropriatng the tax on dogs to the support of
,ubbc Libraries in boroughs making the
,reaking into ears a felony securing to la
,orers the benefit OF the exemption laws. and
o prevent assignment OF claims for the pur !
'ose of securing their collection against labor
of proceedings in equity by pro-
ess Of foreign attachment; authorizing mar
iage licenses 10 be applied for before justices
f the peace and aldermen; authorizing
ounty treasures To charge and deduct com
MISSIONS from school road, and all other mu-
icipal taxes collected and paid over by them
, the proper authorities providing punish
leut for persons stealing lumber on banks =
( rivers and streams; to authorize an appeal
ON the assessment OF the amount to be
lad to authorize certain foreign corpora y
ons to purchase certain real estate at judi Il
al sales and TO hold and convey the same p
nder certain conditions regulating the
lcthod of the choice of directors in certain
of the first class.
To amend an act entitled An act to pro-
ide for the incorporation and regulation OF
srtain corporations " relatng to the hold 5
* of land by manufacturers Of iron, with N
providing for the licensing of n
-lolesale dealers IN intoxicating liquors a
the oyerseers of the poor of the it
specfive counties, townships and boroughs n
T this commonwealth 10 sell and dispose of +
le real estate of paupers. orinsane, 10 borrow
Ioney upon mortgage of pauper real estate;
amend an act 10 provide for the incorpor C
ion of certain corporations regarding the NJ
of street-paying and construc al
ON companies; amending the act relating
country and township Offices, requiring
SCISSORS or assistant assessor to keep an ae- "a
'unt Of the several days by him actually W
nployed in the performance of his duties, VI
nd 10 make return of the same 10 the commits III
oners of the county, verified by his oath or I'd
iirmation, and for each day necessarily so '"
nployed he shall receive the sum of 81
nending the act relative to fraudulent
,btors, and authorizing the issuing of at
chments to provide FOR the allowance Of
edits To counties fer unoolleciable state -
xes; authorizing county commissioners TO
in with city authorities in improving
recis OF other highways IN the vicinity OF
unity buildings IN said city tihe hump bill;
claring and defining the limits of town "a
ips borongis, and cities bounded by any sp
the navieable streams of the common u,
salth; supplement 10 the act relating 10 ,y,
e collection OF district and county debts. On
hitting the amount which may he collec-
7 in any one year amending the act regu- e.,